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CO2 Push-Pull Single Fault Injection Simulations

Sep 21, 2017
24.3 MB
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ASCII text files containing grid-block name, X-Y-Z location, and multiple parameters from TOUGH2 simulation output of CO2 injection into an idealized single fault representing a dipping normal fault at the Desert Peak geothermal field (readable by GMS). The fault is composed of a ...
Authors
Borgia, A. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergyco2 injectionfault characterizationfault imagingseismic imagingegstough2gmsfracturespermeable flow pathspermeability characterizationidentificationcarbon dioxideinjectionproductionfault sensitivityfault systemfracture systemrock propertiesfluid mechanicspressure transientstimulationreservoir

CO2 Push-Pull Dual (Conjugate) Faults Injection Simulations

Jul 20, 2017
43.64 MB
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This submission contains datasets and a final manuscript associated with a project simulating carbon dioxide push-pull into a conjugate fault system modeled after Dixie Valley- sensitivity analysis of significant parameters and uncertainty prediction by data-worth analysis. Datas...
Authors
Oldenburg, C. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergyco2 injectionfault characterizationseismic imagingtough2itough2egsdixie valleyenhanced geothermal systemsstimulationfaultpush-pullco2geothermal systemsensitivity analysisdata-worth analysischaracterizationfracture

Simulations of Brady's-Type Fault Undergoing CO2 Push-Pull: Pressure-Transient and Sensitivity Analysis

Mar 09, 2018
9.74 MB
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Input and output files used for fault characterization through numerical simulation using iTOUGH2. The synthetic data for the push period are generated by running a forward simulation (input parameters are provided in iTOUGH2 Brady GF6 Input Parameters.txt [InvExt6i.txt]). In gene...
Authors
Jung, Y. and Doughty, C. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergyegsco2carbon dioxidepush-pullpressure-transient testingitough2sensitivity analysisinverse modelingparameter estimationinconpesttough2fault modelinggf6bradyfaultingfaultfracturecharacterizationstimulation

Subsurface Characterization and Machine Learning Predictions at Brady Hot Springs

Feb 18, 2021
4.49 MB
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Subsurface data analysis, reservoir modeling, and machine learning (ML) techniques have been applied to the Brady Hot Springs (BHS) geothermal field in Nevada, USA to further characterize the subsurface and assist with optimizing reservoir management. Hundreds of reservoir simulat...
Authors
Beckers, K. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
geothermalenergymachine learningsubsurfacecharacterizationbrady hot springspredictionreservoir modelingtime seriespcaprincipal component analysisreservoir managementbradys hot springsporotomoreservoirdual-porositystimulationinjection testmodeltemperatureflowpressuresimulationsingle-fracturedoubletheatmapheat maptensorflow

Geothermal Exploration Raster Files for Utah Play Fairway Analysis

Jun 16, 2017
1.19 MB
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This submission contains raster files associated with several datasets that include earthquake density, Na/K geothermometers, fault density, heat flow, and gravity. Integrated together using spatial modeler tools in ArcGIS, these files can be used for play fairway analysis in rega...
Authors
Wannamaker, P. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergyexplorationplay fairway analysisgravityheatearthquakefaultgeothermometerutahsevierpfawesternrasterheat flowfault systemsspatialgeospatialeasterngreat basineastern great basingeospatial datageophysicscharacterization

Utah FORGE: Earth Model Mesh Data for Selected Surfaces

Dec 07, 2018
20.83 MB
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This submission contains a number of data files with vertices of meshed/interpolated surfaces used in the Phase 2B earth model. Examples include land surface (based on 10-meter DEM), the granitoid-basin fill contact, several faults, and also interpolated temperature isosurfaces f...
Authors
Podgorney, R. Idaho National Laboratory
geothermalenergystudent competitionearth modelforgeroosevelt hot springsutahdemdigital elevation modelgeospatial datacoordinateisosurfacefaultstructurestructuraldatalocationland surfacetemperatureopal moundnegro magegsmilfordenhanced geothermal systemutah forgemodelingmodellingmesh datagranitoidtoptopographygeologybasin fillresourcecharacterizationprocessed data

Washington Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis Data From Potential Field Studies

Dec 20, 2017
277.52 MB
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A recent study which adapts play fairway analysis (PFA) methodology to assess geothermal potential was conducted at three locations (Mount Baker, Mount St. Helens seismic zone, and Wind River valley) along the Washington Cascade Range (Forson et al. 2017). Potential field (gravity...
Authors
Anderson, M. et al Washington Geological Survey
geothermalenergygravitymagneticspotential fieldsplay fairwaywashingtonland useprocess watertransmissionurban areaswatershapefilearcgisgeospatial datagissite assessmentsite characterizationgeophysicsgeophysicalsurveyexplorationinvestigationpfawashington state

Utah FORGE: Laboratory Shear Experiments Linking Fault Roughness, Friction, Permeability, and P-Wave Characteristics

Aug 20, 2025
23.22 GB
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This dataset contains results from five laboratory shear experiments on gneiss and granitoid samples from the Utah FORGE site, conducted at Penn State University. The experiments investigate links between fault surface roughness, frictional behavior, permeability, and P-wave acous...
Authors
Eijsink, A. et al Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyfrictionroughnessutah forgeegslaboratory datamodeled datashear experimentsfault mechanicspermeabilityp-waveacoustic transmissivityfault roughnessrate-and-state frictionbiaxial deformationgneissgranitoidoptical profilometrykeyencersfit3000mechanical dataacoustic datafault zone propertiesgeomechanicsrock physicsgeothermal reservoir characterization

Play Fairway Analysis CA-NV-OR: 2km Grid Based Analysis

Aug 20, 2015
17.56 MB
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Combined geochemical and geophysical data, weighted and ranked for geothermal prospect favorability.
Authors
M, C. University of California
geothermalgeochemistrygeophysicscalifornianevadaoregongrid filesrankingsca-nv-orpfaplay fairway anaysisexplorationcharacterizationrankfavorabilityprospectsan emidiomedicine lakewell dataheat flowgeothermometrymtfaultsstressfaultstructural settingstrainstrain rateseismicityvolcanismhelium

Fault Information and Seismicity for the Portland Basin Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Study

Dec 04, 2018
62.49 MB
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Included in this dataset is a spreadsheet with the primary fault information used in the basin model, a spreadsheet with earthquake magnitude estimates, and a figure showing location of faults and microseismicity in the Portland Basin
Authors
Streig, A. and Wells, R. Portland State University
geothermalenergyddudeep direct-usethermal energy storageddu-tesseismicityearthquakefaultstructural geologymagnitudeeventmicroseismicityportlandbasinoregonormodelfeasibilityoatfield faulteast bank faultgales creek faultmount angel faultnewberg faultfrontal faultbolton faultcanby-molalla faulthelvetia faultbeaverton faultsherwood faultdip directiondip anglefault length

Washington Play Fairway Analysis Poly 3D Matlab Fault Modeling Scripts with Input Data to Create Permeability Potential Models

May 01, 2017
8.73 MB
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Matlab scripts and functions and data used to build Poly3D models and create permeability potential layers for 1) St. Helens Shear Zone, 2) Wind River Valley, and 3) Mount Baker geothermal prospect areas located in Washington state.
Authors
Swyer, M. et al AltaRock Energy Inc
geothermalenergyexplorationpoly3dstress modelpermeability potentialfault modelmatlabwind river valleymount bakerst. helens shear zonemount st. helenswashington statesite assessmentresource assessmentinvestigationpfa

USGS Geophysics, Heat Flow, and Slip and Dilation Tendency Data used in Applications of Machine Learning Techniques to Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis in the Great Basin Region, Nevada

Jun 01, 2021
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This package contains USGS data contributions to the DOE-funded Nevada Geothermal Machine Learning Project, with the objective of developing a machine learning approach to identifying new geothermal systems in the Great Basin. This package contains three major data products (geoph...
Authors
DeAngelo, J. et al Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
geothermalenergygeophisicsnevadaslipdilationheat flowgravitymagneticsfaultsgeotiffsmachine learningexplorationcharacterizationhydrothermalgreat basingeophysicspfa

Utah FORGE 6-3629: Machine Learning and Seismology for Real-Time Decision-Making in Stimulation 2026 Workshop Presentation

Sep 30, 2026
33.43 MB
Curated
This is a presentation on Machine Learning and Seismology for Real-Time Decision-Making in Stimulation by the University of Utah, presented by Dr. No'am Dvory. The project is developing real-time seismic monitoring, machine-learning, and geomechanical risk assessment tools to supp...
Authors
Dvory, N. University Of Utah
geothermalenergyutah forgeegsmachine learningseismologyseismic monitoringreal-time2026 annual workshopreservoir developmentmachine-learninggeomechanicsrisk assessmentdecision-makingdecision supporttraffic lightfault characterizationpresentationreportinduced seismicitygeothermal reservoir management

Regional Slip Tendency Analysis of the Great Basin Region

Sep 30, 2013
200.66 MB
Publicly accessible
Slip and dilation tendency on the Great Basin fault surfaces (from the USGS Quaternary Fault Database) were calculated using 3DStress (software produced by Southwest Research Institute). Slip and dilation tendency are both unitless ratios of the resolved stresses applied to the f...
Authors
E., J. University of Nevada
geothermalslip tendencydilation tendencystress fieldsquaternary faultsgreat basinwalker lanebasin and rangefaultsfault systemshidden geothermal systemsstructural controlsegsconventionalexplorationshapefiledatageospatial data

A Conceptual Geologic Model for the Newberry Volcano EGS Site in Central Oregon: Constraining Heat Capacity and Permeability through Interpretation of Multicomponent Geosystems Data

Feb 22, 2016
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Newberry Volcano, a voluminous (500 km3) basaltic/andesitic/rhyolitic shield volcano located near the intersection of the Cascade volcanic arc, the Oregon High Lava Plains and Brothers Fault Zone, and the northern Basin and Range Province, has been the site of geothermal explorati...
Authors
Mark-Moser, M. et al National Energy Technology Laboratory
geothermalegsenhanced geothermal systemnewberryoregonnewgenmodelgeologygeophysicsconceptual modelmodelingconceptualgeologicheat capacitypermeabilitygeophysicalmulticomponentvolcano

STRESSINVERSE Software for Stress Inversion

Oct 31, 2018
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The STRESSINVERSE code uses an iterative method to find the nodal planes most consistent with the stress field given fault frictional properties. STRESINVERSE inverts the strike, rake and dip from moment tensor solutions for the in-situ state of stress. The code iteratively solves...
Authors
Gritto, R. Array Information Technology
geothermalenergystress inversioninversionstressseismicanalysisstressinversejointfault orientationmatlabcodenumericalmomenttensorsoftwarepassivefaultfaultingearthquakeorientationgeophysicsgeophysicalmicroseismicityinducedseismicitystimulationegsinjectionfracturemonitoringhydraulicgeneration

Structural Inventory of Great Basin Geothermal Systems and Definition of Favorable Structural Settings

Dec 31, 2013
244.5 kB
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Structural controls of 426 geothermal systems in the Great Basin region including western Nevada, central Nevada, northwestern Nevada, northeastern Nevada, east-central Nevada, eastern California, southern Oregon, and western Utah were analyzed with literature research, air photos...
Authors
Faulds, J. University of Nevada
geothermalquaternary faultsstructural controlsblind geothermal systemstemperaturegeothermometryfield visitswestern nevadacentral nevadanorthwestern nevadanortheastern nevadaeast-central nevadaeastern californiasouthern oregonwestern utahutahnevadaoregoncaliforniabaltazor hot springblue mountainbog hot springdyke hot springshoward hot springmacfarlane hot springmcgee mountainpinto hot springsbeowawecrescent valleyhot springs pointdann ranchhand-me-down hot springsgolcondapumpernickel valleytipton hot springsash springschimney hot springduckwaterhiko hot springiverson springmoon river hot springmoorman springrailroad valleywilliams hot springwalleys hot springantelope valleyfales hot springsbuckeye hot springstravertine hot springsteels marshrhodes marshcolumbus marshalum-silver peakfish lake valleygabbs valleywild roserawhide-wedell hot springsalkali hot springsbaileys/hicks/burrell hot springsalvord hot springbaileys hot springburrell hot springhicks hot springantelope hot springhart mountainborax lakecrump geysermickey hot springnewcastleveyo hot springdixie hot springthermorooseveltcove fortred hill hot springjoseph hot springhatton hot springabraham-baker hot springsgreat basinhot creek butte

Slip and Dilation Tendency Analysis of Neal Hot Springs Geothermal Area

Dec 31, 2013
49.77 MB
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Slip and Dilation Tendency in focus areas Critically stressed fault segments have a relatively high likelihood of acting as fluid flow conduits (Sibson, 1994). As such, the tendency of a fault segment to slip (slip tendency; Ts; Morris et al., 1996) or to dilate (dilation tendency...
Authors
E., J. University of Nevada
geothermalneal hot springs geothermal areaslip tendencydilation tendencyneal hot springsfaultingfaultsstressfluid flow conduitsambient stressshapefileshape filegisarcgisdatageospatial data

Utah FORGE: Mineral Mountains West Fault System Report

Jul 01, 2019
25.06 MB
Publicly accessible
This archive contains a report on the Mineral Mountains West fault system as part of phase 2C and the evidence for the northern terminus of this structure. Geologic field mapping, reprocessing of 3D seismic reflection data, and soil gas surveys contributed to this effort.
Authors
Simmons, S. and Miller, J. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergymineral mountainsutah forge phase 2cutah forgegeologic structurefaultsutah forge faultsmineral mountains west fault systemnorth milford valleyutahstructural geologysoil gas geochemistryphase 2c3d seismicgeochemicalgeophysicalgeologicalseismic reflectionfaultwell 58-32hydrothermal fluid flowhydrothermalco2 fluxhelium isotopessoil gasfault mappingsurface mappinggeomorphic analysisstratigraphyforgeegsroosevelt hot springsmilfordgeologygeophysicsgeochemistryseismic

Slip and Dilation Tendency Analysis of the Tuscarora Geothermal Area

Dec 31, 2013
25.18 MB
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Critically stressed fault segments have a relatively high likelihood of acting as fluid flow conduits (Sibson, 1994). As such, the tendency of a fault segment to slip (slip tendency; Ts; Morris et al., 1996) or to dilate (dilation tendency; Td; Ferrill et al., 1999) provides an in...
Authors
E., J. University of Nevada
geothermaltuscarora geothermal areaslip tendency analysisdilation tendency analysisslip tendencydilation tendencytuscarorafaultingfaultsfluid flow conduitsstressambient stressshapefileshape filegisarcgisdatageospatial data

Machine Learning to Identify Geologic Factors Associated with Production in Geothermal Fields: A Case-Study Using 3D Geologic Data from Brady Geothermal Field and NMFk

Oct 01, 2021
5.68 MB
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In this paper, we present an analysis using unsupervised machine learning (ML) to identify the key geologic factors that contribute to the geothermal production in Brady geothermal field. Brady is a hydrothermal system in northwestern Nevada that supports both electricity producti...
Authors
Siler, D. et al United States Geological Survey
geothermalenergynmfkbrady hot springsmachine learningmlbhsnonnegative matrix factorization k-meanshydrothermalbradyk-meansclusteringnonnegative matrix factorizationmatrix factorizationgeothermalcloudsmarttensorsunsupervised3d well data3d geologic mapgeologic structurefaultsstressgeologycharacterizationgeologic modelproductioncode

Data for Uncontained Ruptures Reduce Energetics of Triggered Seismicity: Laboratory Fault Reactivation Experiments

Apr 13, 2026
43.25 MB
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The dataset contains raw mechanical data from laboratory fault reactivation experiments on pre-stressed granite/granitoid samples, along with experimental parameters and MATLAB processing code for data deduction. The raw time-series data were recorded using a triaxial-shear appara...
Authors
Elsworth, D. et al Pennsylvania State University
injection-induced seismicityfault pre-stressseismic moment scalingrupture regimesinduced seismicitytriggered seismicityfault reactivationfluid injectionearthquake magnitudeforecastingrupture mechanicscontained ruptureuncontained ruptureseismic momentlaboratory experimentsraw datatriaxial sheargranitegranitoidgeomechanicsshear displacementaxial displacementmatlab

Slip and Dilation Tendency Analysis of the San Emidio Geothermal Area

Dec 31, 2013
19.7 MB
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Critically stressed fault segments have a relatively high likelihood of acting as fluid flow conduits (Sibson, 1994). As such, the tendency of a fault segment to slip (slip tendency; Ts; Morris et al., 1996) or to dilate (dilation tendency; Td; Ferrill et al., 1999) provides an in...
Authors
E., J. University of Nevada
geothermalsan emidio geothermal areaslip tendency analysisdilation tendency analysissan emidiofaultingfaultsstressfluid flow conduitsambient stressshapefileshape filegisarcgisslip tendencydilation tendencydatageospatial data

Slip and Dilation Tendency Analysis of McGinness Hills Geothermal Area

Dec 31, 2013
6.26 MB
Publicly accessible
Slip and Dilation Tendency in focus areas Critically stressed fault segments have a relatively high likelihood of acting as fluid flow conduits (Sibson, 1994). As such, the tendency of a fault segment to slip (slip tendency; Ts; Morris et al., 1996) or to dilate (dilation tendency...
Authors
E., J. University of Nevada
geothermalmcginness hills geothermal areaslip tendencydilation tendencyfaultingfaultsstressfluid flow conduitsambient stressshapefileshape filegisarcgisdatageospatial data

3D Model of the Tuscarora Geothermal Area

Dec 31, 2013
43.8 MB
Publicly accessible
The Tuscarora geothermal system sits within a ~15 km wide left-step in a major west-dipping range-bounding normal fault system. The step over is defined by the Independence Mountains fault zone and the Bull Runs Mountains fault zone which overlap along strike. Strain is transferre...
Authors
E., J. University of Nevada
geothermal3d modeltuscarora geothermal areafaultingfaultsstratigraphystratigraphic unitscross-sectioncross sectiongeologygeologic unitsgeologic contacttuscaroradatageospatial data
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